Previous round's results:
1. Helen Mirren, 'Prime Suspect: The Final Act' - 11 votes
2. Gillian Anderson, 'Bleak House' - 5 votes
3. Helen Mirren, 'Elizabeth I'[- 2 votes
4. Annette Bening, 'Mrs. Harris' - 1 vote
5. Sophie Okonedo, 'Tsunami: The Aftermath' - 0 vote
Winner Masterlist:
1995: Glenn Close, 'Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story'
1996: Ashley Judd, 'Norma Jean & Marilyn', Helen Mirren, 'Losing Chase', and Isabella Rossellini, 'Crime of the Century'
1998: Angelina Jolie, 'Gia''
1999: Halle Berry, 'Introducing Dorothy Dandridge'
2002: Meryl Streep, 'Angels in America'
2003: Uma Thurman, 'Hysterical Blindness
2006: Helen Mirren, 'Prime Suspect: The Final Act'
2007: Ruth Wilson, 'Jane Eyre
2009: Drew Barrymore, 'Grey Gardens'
2012: Jessica Lange, 'American Horror Story: Asylum'
2013: Elisabeth Moss, 'Top of the Lake''
2014: Frances McDormand, 'Olive Kitteridge'
2018: Amy Adams, 'Sharp Objects'
2019: Michelle Williams, 'Fosse/Verdon'
2021: Kate Winslet, 'Mare of Easttown'
The HFPA's pick was Alfre Woodard.
Ellen Barkin, 'Before Women Had Wings'
Jena Malone, 'Hope'
Vanessa Redgrave, 'Bella Mafia'
Meryl Streep, '...First Do No Harm'
Alfre Woodard, 'Miss Evers' Boys'